Thud...look up...what was that?..continue reading...sense excitement behind me...look...crowd...did someone fall?..yes...rush over...man on the floor...ABCs come to mind...shake and shout...no response...assess breathing...yes...now feel for a pulse...barely discernable radial, little stronger carotid...has anyone called 911?...woman arrives...I'm a nurse, I know CPR...I say, He's breathing and has a pusle...then yell-AED, AED, AED!...arrives...OR nurse slaps pads on chest...turns on AED..."No shock needed"...relief...note breathing is slowing down and becoming more shallow....pulse weaker...big hands do a chin-lift/tilt...I'm a anesthesiologist...relief...he's still breathing...time passes...police arrive...wife hands anesthesiologist med list...wrong one, hers, not his...look for med list...find it...no diabetes or heart disease...man's eyes flutter...are you okay?...yes...what is your name...John...squeeze my hands...does so...move your feet up and down...no stroke signs...skin warm and dry entire time...time passess...paramedics arrive...hand off done...walk back to seat at gate...feel good about my efforts...strangers stop by...you were a good samaritan...thanks...he had the best-two nurses and one anesthesiologist...wow...board plane...fly to Florida.
2 comments:
What a story.
You can't get away from those types of exciting events, can you?
Love,
Linda
Oh my lands...I am glad it worked out so well for everyone though! I had to stop for a bad wreck one time on I-65 and they wanted to know if my friend and I were nurses. We said, "Just students!" We were soooo scared! Some people died in that wreck too! So glad this person survived and that you had an anestheologist working with you! How perfect...
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